Robbie Myers Says Everything Is Hunky-Dory at Elle

The article, written by former Jezebel editor and current Gawker employee Maureen "Moe" Tkacik, tends to portray current Elle employees like Myers, international creative director Gilles Bensimon, creative director Joe Zee, and fashion news director Anne Slowey in a less positive light than former fashion director Nina Garcia. At one point, Tkacik writes that Myers had a "lack of jurisdiction over the fashion department," and at another point she reports on the power struggle between Gilles Bensimon and Myers:

Bensimon wanted little to do with [Myers]. In photos from the rare occasions they would attend shows together, his expression is dour. He saw Myers as ambitious, insecure and overly American; she saw him as an overpaid, out-of-control spendthrift who was losing his touch.

Myers tells WWD what she really thinks about Gilles Bensimon »

WWD points out that although Tkacik did speak to Myers, none of her quotes were included in the piece, nor were on-the-record comments from Joe Zee, Gilles Bensimon, or a Hachette Filipacchi spokesperson. The only explanation offered was in the article: "Although numerous principals and insiders were interviewed for this piece, few wanted to have their names associated with a story about the inner workings of their current or former place of employment."

In response to the article, Roberta Myers told WWD that she was disappointed with the quality of reporting:

I strongly believe that if any reporter anywhere is going to write about why somebody did something they should have asked that person. That story is full of quotes about why I did what I did, how could they possibly know why I did anything or what motivated me to do anything in my job, unless they ask me? Even if someone else where to speculate about why I did something, the fact that nobody called me even to fact check it is egregious.

She also said that she had "nothing but admiration and respect" for Gilles Bensimon.

The story may be slightly skewed towards Nina Garcia, but this is not the first story hinting at power struggles between Roberta Myers and Gilles Bensimon. *image: source